Saudi Arabia is likely join the World Trade Organization before the group's December summit in Hong Kong, the WTO chief said yesterday.
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, has been trying for more than a decade to become a member of the 148-member Geneva-based WTO, which sets the rules for world trade, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia completed negotiations concerning this bid with the United States last month.
Saudi Arabia is likely to complete its negotiations to join in time for the Dec. 13-18 ministerial meeting, the WTO chief, Pascal Lamy said at a talk at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong.
